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• Samsung heeft zijn startup-acceleratieprogramma voor 2026 in India gelanceerd en nodigt deep-tech startups uit om samen te werken binnen het wereldwijde mobiele ecosysteem van het bedrijf. • Het programma biedt tot $50.000 aan subsidiegeld zonder dat er een aandelenbelang vereist is voor de ontwikkeling van een Proof-of-Concept (PoC), waardoor startups hun innovaties kunnen valideren en opschalen. • Voortbouwend op het succes van het initiatief dat in 2023 werd gelanceerd, is het programma erop gericht de kloof te overbruggen tussen opkomende Indiase startups en de gevestigde mobiele technologie-infrastructuur van Samsung.

Nadia Fall calls for bold thinking as she announces new shows including anti-Trump version of Thelma & LouiseTheatres facing financial difficulty can only prosper by “programming their way out of it”, according to the Young Vic artistic director, Nadia Fall, who has announces her new slate of shows, including an anti-Trump musical version of Thelma & Louise.Fall, who took the helm at the Young Vic in 2025 and oversaw staff cuts after a £500,000 deficit in the last financial year, said theatres must put on unmissable productions in order to balance the books. Continue reading...

Iranian sources, however, blame ‘excessive’ demands from Washington for breakdown of talks in Islamabad to resolve US-Iran conflictMiddle East crisis – liveThe US vice-president, JD Vance, has blamed the failure of marathon negotiations with Iran on the country’s refusal to abandon its nuclear weapons programme, while Iranian sources have hit back at “excessive” demands from Washington.Vance, who left Islamabad on Sunday morning after 21 hours of talks with Iranian officials in the Pakistani capital, said his team had been very clear on its red lines, as hopes faded of a quick end to the conflict that began on 28 February. Continue reading...